Tag: Cool

Nike+ with Apple

A new product, called the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, which not only keeps track of your important workout information (Distance Traveled, Time, etc.), there is audible feedback that from the looks of the Nike advertisement is great.Update: Even more exciting is the “Workouts” tab on the right.

Today Apple announced a new partnership with Nike. A new product, called the Nike+iPod Sport Kit, which not only keeps track of your important workout information (Distance Traveled, Time, etc.), there is audible feedback that from the looks of the Nike advertisement is great.

Update: Even more exciting is the “Workouts” tab on the right. Artists are going to be able to make timed workout mixes. How cool!

Apple Remote Desktop 3 Tutorials

Apple today announced an upgrade to their systems management suite, Apple Remote Desktop 3. As with all Apple products, I take the time to check out every aspect of the website Apple puts up for it.

Apple today announced an upgrade to their systems management suite, Apple Remote Desktop 3. With over 50 new features, Apple has done it again stepping up a notch. As with all Apple products, I take the time to check out every aspect of the website Apple puts up for it. Remote Desktop 3 was no exception. I did notice something interesting though. On the tutorial listed “Easy Setup” , if you move the play head button to just past the triangle under the Finder face, the video is setting up a client computer and there is an additional System Preferences button I haven’t seen before. It says Processor and has a picture of a chip. Is this from a new Mac that has yet to be released, or a special development style one? Could they be installing it on a non-Apple computer?!

EDIT (April 21, 2006)
So one of my Apple Genius Bar friends clarified what the icon is for. When you install the XCode and other developer tools the processor icon shows up so developers can control how their applications work in multithread environments. Cool none-the-less.

Port Scan + Comcast Business Server = No No

So this past weekend, I had just finished up doing some work at a client, mostly remotely via Remote Desktop, and I wanted to check to make sure there weren’t any unnecessary ports open to the internet.

So this past weekend, I had just finished up doing some work at a client, mostly remotely via Remote Desktop, and I wanted to check to make sure there weren’t any unnecessary ports open to the internet. So I ran a port scan, saw that only the ports I wanted to be opened were open, and then went to connect back to the server. To my surprise, I couldn’t connect! So I tried another port scan, request timed out. Same results with ping. It wasn’t until I left the IP alone for about 20 minutes that I could connect again. Looks like a cool feature. I tested it on a few Comcast home internet users, but I was able to continue to ping, port scan, and connect. Looks like its a business only feature. Cool eh?